The days when I was an obstetrician and gynecologist in Chang'an

Chapter 973 The best doctors treat illness before it occurs.

"master!"

Jin Zhenbao ran over and hugged Li Sanniang tightly, "Master! I missed you so much!"

Li San Niang choked up, unable to speak for a moment.

The pressure from system tasks, the fatigue of the past few days, and the deaths of those who had died before—all these emotions overwhelmed them at this moment.

She hugged Jin Zhenbao tightly, only responding to his words: "Master misses you too!"

At this moment, the master and disciple, who had not seen each other for many years, embraced each other, their eyes meeting and both eyes filled with tears.

Finally, more than ten female doctors from the maternity ward, who had come with Jin Zhenbao and were carrying medicine chests with resolute expressions, bowed to Li San Niang.

Before Li San Niang could even ask, Jin Zhenbao answered from the side: "When Tenth Uncle entered Chang Le City, I had just returned from a free medical clinic in the countryside with a group of people."

At the city gate, I was so surprised that I thought I had mistaken someone for someone else. Later, I was summoned to the government office and that's when I realized that my master had come here!

I immediately agreed to the governor's request and led them to Yumen Pass to support the master!

The people from the Imperial Medical Academy should be here in two days!
We brought only a portion of the medicinal herbs this time; they should be bringing a larger quantity later!

Jin Zhenbao's words brought hope to Li Sanniang, He Lichun, and the more than twenty physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau present!
Everyone gathered in the lobby of the quarantine area. Forgetting to reminisce with Jin Zhenbao about their long-lost friendship, Li Sanniang quickly composed herself and spread out the quarantine area map she had drawn on the wooden shelf: "In this quarantine area that was converted from a post station, I have divided the patients into three categories."
Mild cases are in the west wing, severe cases are in the east wing, and suspected cases are isolated separately in the north wing.

Li Sanniang stood at the front, explaining the situation in the quarantine zone to the original Imperial Medical Bureau staff from Yumen Pass, the dozen or so female physicians led by the newly arrived Jin Zhenbao, the Prefect of Guazhou, Gong Xiangwu, and others.

“Outside of this quarantine zone, two more quarantine zones have already begun construction!”

One was built specifically for soldiers in the army, and the other was built for people inside the Yumen Pass.

The post station was mainly frequented by Western Region people from outside Yumen Pass.

I set up this isolation zone for two reasons: first, to reduce the spread of the disease between people; and second, to make it easier to manage!

"A few days ago, before you arrived," Li Sanniang looked at Jin Zhenbao, then at Gong Xiangwu, "two riots broke out here!"

"Thanks to General Gong's timely intervention, the situation was brought under control; otherwise, I dare not imagine what would have happened."

After explaining these points, Li San Niang began to explain the epidemic prevention measures to everyone, from the triage of patients to the cremation of corpses, from the combination of herbal medicines to the key points of acupuncture, she explained everything clearly to everyone.

“And there’s the most crucial point,” Li Sanniang looked around at everyone, “this epidemic is related to rats! We must exterminate the rats!”

"Any living rodents that can be seen, both inside and outside the Jade Gate Pass, should be burned!"

Li San Niang proposed a bold plan to everyone: the government would buy live rats for two copper coins each!

Li San Niang said this to everyone, but she was looking at the Prefect of Guazhou.

"Don't worry, Chief Secretary Huang. If you don't have enough money this time, it's alright."

I can first borrow money from the wealthy families in the city; after all, they are probably even less likely to want to die if they have money!

They're stuck here, unable to leave the border or go to Guazhou. They should be even more eager to get through this epidemic!

Li San Niang's words sounded nice, but the Prefect of Guazhou was no fool. Having served as an official for many years, how could he not understand what Li San Niang was saying?
Li San Niang's idea was to take the rich man's money to use him first, and if he could survive the ordeal, he would naturally return the money.

It might be a reward from the imperial court, or a handwritten letter granting tax exemption or something similar.

But if Yumen Pass fails to survive this ordeal, then the money will be wasted.

After all, there really isn't any other good way to completely eradicate rats, inside and outside the entire area, except for bribing them with money.

But even if the governor of Guazhou were willing, he couldn't possibly provide a large amount of money all at once, could he?

So Huang Changshi stood up, stroked his beard, and nodded in agreement with Li Sanniang's words.

"What Physician Li says is true. Don't worry, once we leave this place, I will immediately lead my troops into the pass to find those wealthy households."

"In addition to exterminating rats, we also need to find people to post notices inside the pass and have people tell the people that they can no longer eat wild animals!"
And you must pay attention to hygiene!

Even in the city, it's best to wear a mask like mine!

Li San Niang took out one of her masks that had been soaked in medicine and showed it to everyone.

"This mask can at least protect against some dirt."

Furthermore, the people must be informed that in addition to not eating wild animals, they must also not drink untreated water!

This disease is transmitted through rodents, so it's inevitable that rodent carcasses will fall into the well water or river water, or that infected rodents will have drunk from it!
Never drink unboiled water again; all water must be boiled!

"Isn't this a bit too complicated?"

A physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau questioned Li San Niang's words.

Jin Zhenbao stood up and replied to the man, "No, Master is absolutely right. You have been here for a long time without returning to Chang'an to further your studies. We have been promoting this method in Chang'an for many years, and the results are remarkable!"
It really can reduce illness!
Moreover, the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic states, "The superior physician treats illness before it manifests," meaning prevention is better than cure!

Huang Changshi immediately declared, "Then we'll listen to Physician Li!"

"I will immediately dispatch officials to the pass to post notices and organize laborers to catch rats."

After a fairly long meeting, everyone quickly left the room and went about their own business.

Just as Li San Niang and her apprentice Jin Zhenbao were discussing how to arrange for the dozen or so female doctors, Lao Shi hurriedly walked in from outside: "San Niangzi!"

An Yan and the Hu people helped transport the medicinal herbs!
They said they wanted to repay your life-saving grace!

Somewhat surprised, Li San Niang, along with Jin Zhenbao and Qiu Xiang, followed Lao Shi to the warehouse behind the quarantine area. Sure enough, they saw An Yan and dozens of Hu people orderly moving medicine packages together with the deliverymen from Guazhou.

Upon seeing her, An Yan stepped forward and bowed: "Doctor Li, we have discussed it. You doctors don't have enough people. Those of us who haven't gotten seriously ill yet want to help take care of other patients."

Since we can't get out of this place anyway, we'll help you as much as we can now!

"Aren't you afraid of getting infected?"

Li San Niang looked at An Yan and asked in a low voice.

"afraid."

An Yan said frankly, "But I'm even more afraid of dying such a horrible death as Kang Ada!"
I know you're saving us!

Like these doctors, you want to save lives!
Since we can neither leave nor enter Yumen Pass, if we want to survive, we'll have to listen to you.

Li Sanniang stared at the Sogdian merchant with Han Chinese ancestry, and suddenly an idea came to her: "An Yan, do you understand languages ​​other than Sogdian?"

"I can speak Sogdian, Turkic, and Persian."

An Yan found it strange that Li San Niang asked such a question.

"Great!"

Li San Niang's eyes lit up. "I would like to ask you to be our interpreter and help us explain the epidemic prevention guidelines to the various ethnic groups of Hu people."

That evening, as Li Sanniang was recording the patient cases from the day's treatments, a system notification suddenly sounded in her mind:

Current number of people receiving treatment: 27 out of 1,000,000

Li San Niang paused in her writing, realizing that the system had been counting all along!

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